Pressed-metal wheel.



0u U. SIMMONS" PRESSE@ METAL WHEEL.

- APPLICATWN FILED maw az4 m5.

1,282,306. imma im. 1918,

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OLIVER G. SIMMONS, 0F SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR T0 SIMMONS COMPANY, 0F SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, A CORPDRATION 0F TEXAS.

PRESSEDJVIETAL WHEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent,

Patented Oct. 22, 1918.

yApplication filed .Tune 12, 1916. Serial No. 103,114.

Tool( who/ri it may concern.' n

Bo it Known that I, OLIVER Gr, SIMMONS,

a citizen of the United States, residing'in San -Antoniin in the county of Bexar and State ot' Texas, have invented new and use- 'ul lniprtweinents in Pressed-Metal Wheels, ot' which the followingl is a specification This il'ivention relates to certain new and useful improvements in pressed metal wheels ot' thev general type illustrated in my Patent No. 1,179,768, dated April 18th, llllt'. The `general object of the present invention ie to provide a suspension metal wheel ol.l the type referred to, hut (littering,l from my patented wheel .in that the present. wheel is construe-ted to attord onl)v a tirixi demounting lealure, the deinomitahle outer huh of nrt/prior construction heine; eliminated, and the wheel as a whole notbeing removable.

The present wheel has been designed to meet the wants ol owners or nianutactulm's of light cars having,` relativelyT small 'wheel and tire diameters, In the une ot my patented wheel it is assumed that therar owner will carry a. spare wheel with an inliated tire thereon, which wheel can easily he placed on the cai' in case of tire trouble. This, however, means an investment ot. an extra wheel and tire to the car 'While many prefer this to the trouhlo ineident to inflating; a tire, there are also many drivers ot.' small cars whoare not. inclined to incur the expense ot carrying an additional spare wheel and tire. ln these latter eases repairs are usually made ou the road, and to meet the demand ot this class ot users, l have modified the structure of my patented wheel to meet the condition only ot quickly dotar-hing thet-ire. ln this construction, the outer huh u'ieinher-of my prior construction lining elin'iii'iatef'l, I ain `able to produce a much lighter-and more economical. Wheel.

i Aside'froni the above-stated general oh jectof the invention, there are detailed objects relating to structural features which Wi ll more clearly appear hereinafter.

Referring to the accompanying draw'- Fig. 1

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary vertical sectional View' ot' the rear wheel; and

Fig. 5 is a sectional riew on the line 5 5 of Fifa t.

keten-ing' now to the draW1ngs,-the 11unieral l indicates the huh of a front Wheel which is provided with housings 2 for ball or roller hearings, and with indentations providing shoulders 3 against Which said hall or roller hearings hear. The numeral 4 indicates the. inner wheel section, which is secured hy rivets or by Welding, or in aniT other preferred manner, to a flange 6 provided at the inner end of the hub 1., said inner wheel section being shoulderedon said llanfge, as inr'licated at 7. The numeral S indicatea the outer wheel Section, which is provided at its center with an outwardly .pro jecting substantially tubular or cylindrical huh rnd or neck 9 engaging over the outer end portioirl() of the hub l, and with an inn turned annular flange 1l which is adapted to extend overl and abut against the end of the huh. This neck insures that the 'forces in the outerKwheel section will he substantially supported at the huh, and also facilitates the securing; ot the outer wheel section as will presently appear. The end tace portion il() ot the huh is iiitei"ioi,l}y screw-threaded, as indicated al' 1:2, and is adapted to receive a corresponding exteriorlythreaded nut 13, which is provided on-its outer aide with an annular 'llange l-l which is adapted to engage over the cylindrical portion or huh end 9 ot the outer wheel section and hold it in firm engagement with the end portion 10 of the hulo 1. This 'forms a Secure means of Jfastening the outer' wheel section, and at the same time one which permits the ready rel moval of said wheel section. The two Wheel sections 4 and 8 peripherally converge, and at their peripheral portions have flat en-4 gaging men'ihers l5. one of which carries a series of holte 16 which pass through apertures in the other and receive nuts 17. Each section, of course, is provided with integral spokes 18. In order to remove the tire for the purpose of substituting a, new tire or tor repairs, it is only necessary to unsorew the nut 13 and the nuts 1,7, whenthe outer wheel. section can be taken oli, permitting' the tire to be removed.

Referring to Fig. 4, my improved Wheel ie shown mounted on a hub 19 havin the usual groove 20. This hub is adapte for mounting on the rear axle, and as usual 'has secured thereto a brake-drum 2'1 by means of bolts 22. These bolts likewise secure the inner'wheel section 4to the hub', the

-latter being interposed between a flange 23 on th hub and the side of the brake-drum.

The construction at the front of the hub is eatule of my prior Wheel,-

'loaded bottom spokes is so great as to be threaded -end portion lnoticeable even in a very short ride,

I claim:

combination with a hub having its outer end portion interiorly screw-threaded, an inner wheel section secured to the inner end of' the hub,fva,n outer Wheel section having peripheral and detachable engagement with said inner wheel section, and having a central substantially tubular outwardly projecting hub-'member surrounding the screwof said hub and-provided with 'an integral annular' flange abutting against the end face of said hub, and an .exteriorly-threaded nut for engaging the threads of said hub for holding said flange against the end face of said hub` 2. In awheel 'ofl the class described, in combination with a hub having an outer invteriorly screw-threaded end, fa 'Wheel portionv comprising two integral peripherally-con- -nut screw-threaded to engage inthe end face of said hub and having an annular iange adapted to surround and embrace the hub .member of said outer Wheel section, and

means for 'effecting detachable peripheral engagement of fsaid outer and inner Wheel members, y

3.111 a wheel of the class described, in combination with a hub having its Outer end portion interiorly screw-threaded, an inner Wheel section secured to the inner end of the hub, an outer Wheel section eral and detachable inner wheel section, substantially tubular hub member surrounding the screwfthreaded end portion of'said hub and provided with an' integral annular flange abutting against the endof saidhub, an eXteriorly-threaded nut for engaging' in said hub, and a flange on. said nut adapted to embrace and engage the hub member of said outer-Wheel section.

In testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand. .i

OLIVER G. SIMMONS having periphengagement with said and having a central outwardly projecting 

